Update from an happy family

Kathrin from Germany sent me a message wondering if everything is well... Yes, it is. The only problem is one bad blogger...the father...

Alexander and Selma has been with me in the apartment for ten days now and we are all feeling great. They are both eating well and gaining weight as supposed (and more). The nurses that I have during nighttime (sometimes daytime) is very good feeding them and nursing them.

My brother Nicklas and his wife Annika came to India 9 days ago. They have also been very helpful and it is so nice to have relatives near. We have been doing some sightseeing and we are out for dinner almost every evening. We have been to the Lotustemple, Akshardham - temple and several malls.

It is a bit sad that the Swedish rules has changed a bit from last time we were here. When we got Alwina two years ago we didn´t need any DNA-test. That, we do now and it took about 9-10 days to get the hardcopy from the test.

But, Wednesday we went with all our papers to the Swedish Embassy and yesterday (2 days later) Alexander and Selma got their Swedish citizenship. HORRAY... So, in the beginning of next week we can have their registrationnumber and after that an emergency passport. Hopefully we will be on our way back to Sweden by the end of the week.

Some recent photos:

Sometimes a picture says more than 1000 words...

I am in love...

Still in hospital but doing good

Alexander and Selma are still in Delhi Newborn Centre. They are doing good, breething on their own, eating from the bottle and not on any medications. They are just small and they havn´t gained the weight that the hospital says they need. Alexander was 1.960 so he could have been disharged but he had lost weight since birth. Selma has gained weight but not enough, she is now 1.625.

I do like the hospital, you feel that you are welcome and the nurses are very nice. Alwina was born in another hospital and if I should compare, this one is sooo much better. Mostly because you can visit whenever you want and you don´t feel like you are in the way. At Alwinas hospital you could come at certain time and you needed to ask to hold your baby. If you were lucky you could stay for 20 minutes!!!

Alexander 5 days old showing his brown  eyes.

Selma, 5 days lying like a diva. Pink=girl...

Daddy and Alexander. He is a sleeper...

Daddy and Selma.

Some pictures:

They are here now!

As of yesterday our family is completed. We were blessed with a daughter and a son, little sister and little brother to Alwina.

First, Selma and a couple of minutes later Alexander. They are born in week 36 but meassuring small, Selma
1,5 kg and Alexander 1,7 kg. They are both doing great at Delhi Newborn Centre, according to Dr Gupta.

I (Fredrik) will be leaving first and then sometimes next week I will have my brother and his wife with me for a couple of weeks. Robert will then be at home with Alwina. After my brothers visit Alwina will be staying at her grandmother and grandfather and Robert will be coming to meet his newest familymembers.

Selma, a couple of minutes old.

Alexander, a couple of minutes old.

More to come when I get more information. I will be leaving for India today and hopefully get to meet them tomorrow at noon.

Another cross on the "need to do - paper"

We spent the afternoon in the swimminghall and it was really, really nice. Alwina loves the water and she isn´t that scared being in the water.

We have made some progress in our "need to do - list". We bought a new car some days ago so that we have room for all of us. We bought a Ford Galaxy, room for seven people. We also bought a new pram and some new cots. But, most important we have our Visas ready, so that we can travel when needed. We have started to make a list of what to bring and some of the things are already in the suitcase.

A recent photo of Alwina, big sister of...

We got an update two weeks ago, our week 30. The babies are meassuring a bit small, they are about 8-11 days behind their real age. Dr Shivani did make a comment about their size but she doesn´t think it´s a problem, our surrogate just need to be checked more frequent so that the babies continue to grow.

So, Mrs A, surrogate of two soon to be Swedes, you need to eat more!!!!!


Good luck to everybody in the surrogacy-blogworld.

Apartment booked

Now I can make one cross on my "must-do paper". I have made a reservation for our stay in India.

I have booked an apartment in Kalkaji through GreenLeaf apartments. I have made the reservation for the period of July 1- August 1.

If (hopefully not) our children will come earlier than that I have to book somewhere else to stay until that date. I guess it easier to do that when you are in Delhi. If the babies would need to be in a hospital I can stay in a nearby hotel or something.

Good luck everyone with upcoming adventures.

Entering week 28

Some day ago we entered the third trimester. We did it with a bit of a scare, we had an emergencyscan because our surrogate had some abdominal pain.

According to the doctors and Dr Shivani there were no premature labor contractions but some stretching pains.  Both babies are doing fine, twin 1 weight 936 g and twin 2, 884 g. The other figures are very similar so they seem to be growing well together. They have decided to move around a bit, one is in breech presentation and the other is in cephalic presentation.

I am trying to book an apartment and we have decided to stay at an apartment in Kalkaji. Hopefully there will be some more IP´s there at the same time? I will book it from July 1 to August 1. If someone is going to be in India at the same time, please let me know. It would be great meeting some "new friends".

Alwina is doing great. Today has been a great day in our nearest swimminghall. She loves being in water and she isn´t a bit scared. One girl running around and a worried father one step behind. There isn´t much time to relax...

It is nice reading about success and newly born babies and it is sad reading about loss and embryos that doesn´t stick. To all of you, be persistant, your time will come and it will be perfect.